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Commitments and Contingencies and Other Matters (Details 5) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012 Accounts Receivable Credit Concentration Risk Top Ten Customers customer | Dec. 31, 2011 Accounts Receivable Credit Concentration Risk Top Ten Customers | Dec. 31, 2012 Accounts Receivable Credit Concentration Risk LED And Solar | Dec. 31, 2011 Accounts Receivable Credit Concentration Risk LED And Solar | Dec. 31, 2012 Accounts Receivable Credit Concentration Risk LED And Solar Customer B | Dec. 31, 2011 Accounts Receivable Credit Concentration Risk LED And Solar Customer C | Dec. 31, 2012 Accounts Receivable Credit Concentration Risk Data Storage | Dec. 31, 2011 Accounts Receivable Credit Concentration Risk Data Storage | Dec. 31, 2012 Accounts Receivable Credit Concentration Risk Data Storage Customer A | Dec. 31, 2011 Net Sales Customer Concentration Risk LED And Solar Customer C | Dec. 31, 2011 Net Sales Customer Concentration Risk LED And Solar Customer D | Dec. 31, 2010 Net Sales Customer Concentration Risk LED And Solar Customer D | Dec. 31, 2010 Net Sales Customer Concentration Risk LED And Solar Customer E | Dec. 31, 2010 Net Sales Customer Concentration Risk LED And Solar Customer F | Dec. 31, 2012 Net Sales Customer Concentration Risk Data Storage Customer A
Concentration of Credit Risk |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of top customers | 10 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of total accounts receivable from top customers | 77.00% | 79.00% | 56.00% | 58.00% |  |  | 21.00% | 19.00% |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Concentration Risk (as a percent) |  |  |  |  | 16.00% | 31.00% |  |  | 16.00% | 11.00% | 12.00% | 12.00% | 17.00% | 12.00% | 14.00%

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- Definition For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 825 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 21 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7491637&loc=d3e13537-108611 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 275 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 20 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6927468&loc=d3e6404-108592 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 825 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 20 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7491637&loc=d3e13531-108611 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 275 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 18 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6927468&loc=d3e6351-108592 + Details
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